BIO210Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rectum, Cecum, Uterus
BIO210Y
Lecture 1B – Foundations of our
Body Organization
Anatomical Terminology
An international vocabulary that allows for precise communication among health
professionals worldwide, And scholars in the basic and applied sciences.
Anatomical Position
• Anatomical position: hands at sides, palms forward
• Supine: lying down, face up Prone: lying down, face down
Superficial Anatomy and Regional Anatomy
• Superficial Anatomy involves locating structures
on or near the body surface
• References to palpable structures
• Regional Anatomy involves describing a general
area of interest or injury
• Clinicians refer to abdominopelvic quadrants
• RUQ. RLQ, LUQ, LLQ
-Anatomists refer to more precise terms to describe the
location and orientation of internal organs through
abdominopelvic regions
Abdominopelvic quadrants and regions:
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